Stackable Potato Chips | How It's Made
HowItsMade Mondays 9/8c on Science The average person eats about 6 pounds of potato chips a year. The first ever potato chip flavor was salt and vinegar. Full episodes streaming FREE on Science...
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Narrator: TO MAKE STACKABLE CHIPS, THEY USE A RATIOOF 1/3 WATER TO 2/3 POTATO FLAKESWITH A LITTLE CORNSTARCH MIXED IN.A CONVEYOR DELIVERS THE MIX TO AN AUGER, WHICH DISPERSES IT.♪♪USING FOUR TONS OF PRESSURE,THEY ROLL THE MIX INTO ONE LONG POTATO SHEET.A ROTARY CUTTER PUNCHES OUT OVAL SHAPES.A DEVICE PULLS AWAY THE SCRAP DOUGH,LEAVING FLAT, UNCOOKED CHIPS.THE SCRAP DOUGH IS RECYCLED INTO THE CHIP-MAKING PROCESS.THE CUT CHIPS HEAD INTO A FRYER.AS THEY TRAVEL THROUGH THE FRYER,ROLLING MOLDS GIVE THE CHIPS A CONCAVE SHAPE.THIS SHAPE MAKES THEM EASY TO STACK.THE CHIPS SPEND 11 SECONDS FRYING IN HOT OIL.THIS MAKES THEM CRISPY.THEY TRAVEL UNDER BLOWERS TO GET RID OF EXCESS OIL.THE CHIPS GET A COAT OF SEASONING,THEN DO A BACKFLIP OFF ONE CONVEYOR ONTO ANOTHER,FALLING I...
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Narrator: TO MAKE STACKABLE CHIPS, THEY USE A RATIOOF 1/3 WATER TO 2/3 POTATO FLAKESWITH A LITTLE CORNSTARCH MIXED IN.A CONVEYOR DELIVERS THE MIX TO AN AUGER, WHICH DISPERSES IT.♪♪USING FOUR TONS OF PRESSURE,THEY ROLL THE MIX INTO ONE LONG POTATO SHEET.A ROTARY CUTTER PUNCHES OUT OVAL SHAPES.A DEVICE PULLS AWAY THE SCRAP DOUGH,LEAVING FLAT, UNCOOKED CHIPS.THE SCRAP DOUGH IS RECYCLED INTO THE CHIP-MAKING PROCESS.THE CUT CHIPS HEAD INTO A FRYER.AS THEY TRAVEL THROUGH THE FRYER,ROLLING MOLDS GIVE THE CHIPS A CONCAVE SHAPE.THIS SHAPE MAKES THEM EASY TO STACK.THE CHIPS SPEND 11 SECONDS FRYING IN HOT OIL.THIS MAKES THEM CRISPY.THEY TRAVEL UNDER BLOWERS TO GET RID OF EXCESS OIL.THE CHIPS GET A COAT OF SEASONING,THEN DO A BACKFLIP OFF ONE CONVEYOR ONTO ANOTHER,FALLING I...
